Last few nights at IGC.

The last few nights have continued on the same theme as the rest of the week with respectable numbers of moths in the traps here, with counts over 100sp every night. Last night (20th) was the lowest count of 104sp, but it was cooler here despite the cloud with a bit of a breeze. Unfortunately the twin actinic trap in the garden has now started to attract large numbers of Hornets so I won’t be running that trap in the same place again this year. Not very nice to open the trap and dodge those, and not good to find most of the moths dead and partially eaten either. They even killed both the Pine and Privet hawks caught. I’ve also been seeing large numbers of wasps around as well so they could cause problems for us moth trappers later on in the year.
Highlights have included another 2 new site records, both on the night of the 17th in the garden traps – Plain pug and Strophedra weirana. Others have included: Cydia fagiglanda, Lobster, Festoon (still appearing one a night at all sites trapped), Slender pug (first for year), Cydia coniferana ( a few), Maple prominent, Scallop shell, Purple clay (1) and Haworth’s pug (second site record on 20th).
Conditions look very good for more trapping in the coming days, maybe some migrants may start turning up.

Neil

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